Hairpin



' Feb.- 23, 1932.

E. E. LITKENHOUS HAIRPI-fi Filed Aug. 17. 1931 I nve ntor': Edward E. Lltkenhqus ff'ttor-negs.

Patented Feb. 23, 1932 My invention hairpins hairpin having a the hair time hold the hair-pi which it has been or slippi More specifically it is vention to provide a hair shanks shall have corr bends which are in si shank, but which plan posed toward one anot in a line at one side 2;; the central plane which pendicular to t It is a furth provide on at l a double crim -u nally along th provide straddling with their gitu'dina responding to the uppe tine.

In the drawings, illustratin inventn,F1g. 1 1s a side y hairpin vention. Fig. 2 is an e Ilu mg to the view of Fig.

Uhlil liil EDWARD E. LITKENHO'US,

Application filed August 17, 1931 and ha in place he obj es are a her so a of th er object of my relates to improvements in s for its object to provide a construction such as to hold effectively and at the same n itself in the position in fixed, without creeping ect of my inpin wherein the two Ligation or multiple ngle planes on each ngularly dis- .L s to intersect e hairpin but in divides and 1s he plane of the shank margins.

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invention to east one of the shanks or tines ped loop extending lOllgltUClle length of'said shank so as to a pair ofcrimped holding members lly extending portion a plan view of a crimps or loops a lonof wire corr part of the shank or one form of embodying the features of my in view of my invention.

As illustrated my effect a loop forme depending shanks 11 and :z; 11 and 1 bends or corrugations, ing designated 13 as 14. The cor mon plane, an

an COlllIl'lOll larly disposed as c The effect of th to cause hair but grip on than it otherwise The top loop clearly shown a loop, ha

hairpin d with a to 12. E 2 is provided those of and those rugations 13 are d the corru plane, but the two learly sho the shan the hair, thu considerably would be.

ed in the hair ving side shanks 16 a 10 is not continuou ,"runs into a long dge view correspond- 1. Fig. 3 is a top plan comprises in p how 10, and

ach of shanks with a multiplicity of shank 11 beof shank 12 all in a comgations 14 are in a planes are anguwn in Fig. 3.

us disposing these bends is ks not only to hold in the to tend to draw together +1 pin is insert as the hairs makmg the more secure s, but, as depending nd 17, shank or ies-C or tonrsvinnn, KENTUCKY arm 7 Serial No. 557,457.

18 being continuous with shank 1? connecting throu 1'8 with the tinel The shanks the tine 19 and are formed or crimped portions 20 e perpendicular to the 12 The effect of this ar when the hairpin is insert (the hair) and grips it firmly thus The advantages of my apparent from the fo The hairpins embod top loop '10, and

gh another top loop 9 of shank 12. '16 and 17 embrace or straddle with corrugations rangement is that ed in the, hair it is held bent in opposite directions preventing slipping.

invention Will be regoing description. ying the invention can be manufactured from wire in the manner em ployed for maki the arrangement of crim P and the provision of th ng ordinary hairpins. Yet

ing of the shanks, extra crimped top loop with sides embracing the tin-e of one of the shanks makes a hair gripping and retaining construction in a high degree effective for holding the hair.

I claim:

1. A hairpin havin crimped to form a null said bends lying in a c disposed shanks.

2. Ahairpin ha to form on each shank bends, all the planes each dis of the shanks.

3. A hairpin having to form on each shank at an angle to posed at an gl aid pin having bends of each a shank thereof tiplicity of bends, all ommon plane which is the plane of the ving its two shanks crimped a multiplicity of shank lying in angle to the plane its two shanks crimped multiplicity of bends, all the bends of each shank l ying in planes e to the plane of the bends intersecting an line and perpendice shanks.

a shank thereof arm a multiplicity of bends, all ying in a common plane which gle to the plane of the loop adjacent and the tine ofthe up- Xtending in planes plane of shanks 11 and its two shanks I to form on each shank a multiplicds of each shanki the plane of the crimped so as to lying in planes each disposed at an angle to shanks, and an elongated loop adjacent and having its sides straddling the time of the upper part of one shank.

6. A hairpin comprising a pair of substantially parallel shanks, and an elongated loop at the top having tines on either side of and substantially parallel with the tine of the upper part of one shank.

7. A hairpin comprising a pair of substan tially parallel shanks, and an elongated loop at the top having tines on substantially parallel with the tine of the upper part of one shank said loop tines being form bends extending across the plane or" the shanks and on both sides of said loop tine.

EDWVARD E. LITKENHOUD.

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